Hugh Hudson Cause Of Death: What Happened To The Chariots of Fire Director?

Hugh Hudson, the director of Chariots of Fire, died at the age of 86 after a brief illness.

According to his family, the “loving husband and father” died on Friday at Charing Cross Hospital in London.

The film won four of the 1982 Oscars for best picture, original music, script, and costume design out of a total of seven nominations, including one for Hudson as best director.

According to the British Film Institute (BFI), it became “one of the decade’s most divisive British films” because some perceived it as a “radical critique of establishment snobbery.” It is ranked number 19 on the BFI’s list of the top 100 British movies.

Hudson, a 1936 London-born child, went to boarding school before enrolling in Eton College, but he was said to dislike his association with the esteemed school.

Later in the 1960s, he made the transition to the creative sector, first working in a London-based advertising agency before moving into television advertisements and documentaries.

Producer David Puttnam, who subsequently went on to produce Chariots Of Fire, became aware of him thanks to his efforts.

Less than nine months had passed since Vangelis, the movie’s composer, passed away before news of Hudson’s passing broke.

The Greek electronic composer who won the Academy Award for Chariots of Fire’s score in 1982 passed away in a French hospital in May.

Maryam D’Abo, a former James Bond actress and The Living Daylights co-star, is Hudson’s surviving spouse.